Hotels Toss Their Hats Into the Election-Year Ring
From Palin "Pit Bulls" or "Blue Obama" Cocktails, This Year's Election Has a High Turnout of Promotions
Elephant Burgers and Palin "Pit Bull" Drinks
The "Elephant Burger," a tomato-flavored beef concoction with grilled lamb and guacamole served with salsa and nachos, pays homage to McCain's adopted state of Arizona.
Other hotels also are making preparations for Election Day and beyond.
Guests who check in with their "I Voted" stickers get special rates as low as $69 Sunday through Thursday from Nov. 4-Jan. 31 at nine Moonstone Hotel Properties in California and Oregon.
Participating lodgings include the Monterey Hotel in Monterey, Calif.; Carmel River Inn in Carmel, Calif.; Apple Tree Inn in Yosemite, Calif.; and Village Green Resort in Cottage Grove, Ore.
The Bolongo Bay Beach Resort on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands has an "Absentee Ballot Special" ($145 a night for two) for stays between Nov. 1 to Nov. 5.
And those who desire to be absent from election overload can run away to the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina and book its new "Politi-scape Package," now through January.
On arrival at the Cambridge, Md., resort, guests can check in cellphones or Blackberrys at the front desk and stay in a suite without TV or newspaper delivery. Instead, they'll get iPod Shuffles loaded with music and a fluffy robe to keep, a non-political book and board games.
The $2,008 package also includes a donation to a wildlife refuge, $40 toward breakfast and a $130 spa credit.
Who wouldn't vote for that?
